Sold it, but here's my last whip.
Emailed fly, they swapped the stem to a front load for me free of charge. Seat upgrade was a $10 upcharge. Added hubguards, they came installed.
Bars cut to 27.25 and grips trimmed on the ends.
26t eclat with Odyssey bluebird chain, Odyssey grandstand pedals, jpegs
Fly is fucking sick but I will critique the trebol cassette: worst designed cassette ever. It's like somebody oops'd at their desk and somehow it still made it to production. Highly suggest upgrading wheelset out of the box via email. The actual fly magneto looks amazing.
The weight of this bike is decent for the price. Lighter cranks would have been a massive upgrade – again, email fly and they can do a cost difference for you.
I've ridden $2000 bikes in the past so there is definitely a feel like it's a standard Porsche 911 vs the 911 gt3rs feel you get from that 2k, but it's still a 911 if you get my drift.
Best customer service I've had from a bike company.
Other notes – the geometry on the Orion is almost exact to the (late midschool classic) FBM Deployer. It's a park/trail machine that can handle street also. Not something you'd want to do super tech stuff with but fast and burly is on the table. Look to Sion etc for tech riding.
Paintwork made one of the chain tensioners a bit extra tight but it wasn't a mechanical problem.
Rim strips are garbage, toss and use gorilla tape or velox cloth strips
Hope you enjoyed my bike check and review
by DuckIntelligent737